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Charles Day is Wave Hill’s Ruth Rea Howell Horticultural Interpreter. Verbascum bombyciferum ‘Arctic Summer’ (silver mullein cultivar) is a biennial, meaning that blooming occurs in the second year after germinating from seed. In its first year, the plant forms a strikingly…

Charles Day is Wave Hill’s Ruth Rea Howell Horticultural Interpreter. Who can resist the smiling face of a pansy? This Viola selection is a mixture called ‘Citrus Mix,’ for obvious reasons, and it is superbly matched with similarly-hued Iceland poppies (Papaver…

Charles Day is Wave Hill’s Ruth Rea Howell Horticultural Interpreter. The first, few flowers of early spring are among the most precious of the year, and the winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis. is one of them. Native to southern Europe, but hardy enough…

Louis Bauer is Wave Hill’s Director of Horticulture. I am very pleased to be able to share the news that one of our horticulturists, Harnek Singh, has been awarded a Chanticleer Scholarship in Professional Development, the first to be awarded…

Louis Bauer is Wave Hill’s Director of Horticulture. Situated off the east side of the Potting Shed, the cold frame, so named because it is not heated, sits about a foot and half below ground level, with a cover of…

Louis Bauer is Wave Hill’s Director of Horticulture. Of course, we do. But it’s a chronic condition that arrives with the earliest buds and doesn’t let up till sometime in late fall. This year, more than any other in recent…

Louis Bauer is Wave Hill’s Director of Horticulture. We read with interest Doug Tallamy’s Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times—“A Chickadee’s Guide to Gardening.” It made for a lively discussion among our gardeners over lunch today in our “Potting…

Laurel Rimmer, Assistant Director of Public Programs, takes stock of the gardens before the first deep freeze of winter. After a long and glorious fall at Wave Hill, the temperature plunged below 30 degrees this past Tuesday night, snuffing out…

Jenah Barry, Retail Manager of The Shop at Wave Hill, brings to the position the sensibilities of artist and floral designer. With the holiday season getting off to an extra early start this year, I had such fun putting together…

Laurel Rimmer, Assistant Director of Public Programs, explores evidence of fall in the gardens. After a (busy) summer hiatus, we return to the blog with some inspiring, late-summer plant combinations from the Flower Garden and Elliptical Garden. Just a taste…

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